Five-year-olds who like talking animals and don't care about plot holes. Anyone else—including die-hard Jim Davis comic strip fans—will find it a bland, reheated plate of leftovers.
★½ (2/5 Stars)
The plot is pure cartoon logic: After following Jon to London, Garfield accidentally gets mistaken for a royal look-alike cat named Prince, who has just inherited a massive, crumbling castle. Cue the obligatory "trading places" shtick, complete with a mustache-twirling villain (Billy Connolly, sleepwalking) who wants to turn the estate into a luxury spa. garfield 2
Garfield 2 isn’t offensively bad. It’s worse: it’s boring. You’ll laugh once (Murray’s ad-lib about "royal water pressure" is a gem) and spend the remaining 78 minutes wishing the cat would take a nap so the credits would roll. Save this one for a rainy day when you’ve already watched the actual Parent Trap twice. Five-year-olds who like talking animals and don't care
The biggest sin? It isn't very funny. The slapstick is tired, the animal CGI hasn’t aged well (the lip-sync on Garfield is distractingly stiff), and the “British” humor boils down to stuffy butlers and golf jokes. Even the climactic chase sequence involving a dozen angry animals feels more like a theme park filler ride than a proper finale. Cue the obligatory "trading places" shtick, complete with
A Lasagna-Sized Letdown: More Filler Than Thriller
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) proves that a fat cat can indeed get lazier—not just in his fictional world, but in the screenwriting department as well. While the original 2004 film was a harmless, if forgettable, slice of nostalgia, this UK-set sequel feels like a direct-to-DVD script that accidentally got a theatrical budget.